Behind the News: The Broader Impact of California’s AB5 [Podcast]
August 9, 2022
If you think California’s AB5 law won’t affect you because you don’t run in the state or use owner-operators, you might be surprised.
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance conducts two major brake inspection initiatives each year, and year over year, the brake defect out-of-service rate remains about the same. Why aren’t we making progress in bringing that rate down?
Will Schaefer is the Director of Safety Programs at the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, and he has some thoughts on why the OOS rate isn’t improving. It’s got little to do with the brakes themselves. Schaefer and HDT’s Jim Park dig into some of the some of the reasons behind the seemingly immovable brake defect out-of-service rate, including:
cursory equipment inspections.
technicians that don’t understand the brake safety regulations.
poor driver training related to equipment inspections.
This episode is sponsored by CAT Scale. Learn more about its WeighMyTruck app.
🏫 Resources
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Week
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